Smmtatt Utisbutmaw.
THURSDA'r, SEPTEMBER 28, 1866.
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Sabbath-sohool Certificate.— We
have received from Messrs. J. C. Garri
gues & Co., a handsome certificate for
Sabbath scholars. It would be a very
acceptable gift from a teaher to a scholar.
Beautiful Memorial.:— The Lincoln
Monument Association has procured a
very beautiful steel engraved certificate
to -be given to contributors to the fund.;
It contains a handsome portrait of Mr.-
Lincoln and is in the highest style of the
art. •
The Anniversary of the Sabbath
school at Wagner Institute. —Our
readers; will not overlook the anniversary
exercises to be held at Wagner Institute
on afternoon next. The exer
cises will commence at half past three
o’clock access- to the - building by the;
Fifteenth Street-cars. For further par
ticulars see notice in the' advertising
columns.. ' ; " ;
ings.— A communication on this subject
on our correspondence page, we. hope
will attract the attention of those for
whom it is intended.' • ■■ Its tone is earnest
and devout, ,and its perusal wjU-do much
to prepare ministers aild elders for dis
charging this part of their duties, often
so dry and perfunctory, in a profitable
mode to themselves and the churches
with which they meet.
Religious Bodies in Virginia.— The
Philadelphia Inquirer of last Saturday
has a letter from its special correspon.
dent .in Richmond, Under date of Sep
tember 21, which says:—“ The Rich
mond (East Hanover) Presbytery, in its
session to-day, gave evidence that the
day of pro-slavery fanaticism in Virginia,
ifnotclosed. has reached its sunset. Both
in its action and its deliberations, the Pres
bytery showed a liberality of feeling to
ward the freedmen and a truer conception
of their status than could have been expect
ed. The action of the body was confin
ed entirely to a. determination to extend
to them all possible religious and educa
tional facilities ; but the remarks of Rev.
Dr. Hoge, and others, also inculcated a
spirit of justice in secular dealings with
the colored race that can be accepted as
a strong evidence that tbis difficult pro
blem is fast solvingitself.”
The inferences as to the temper of the
body toward-slayery; .are the i( Yrri;foj;’s
own, and, if correct; the demonstrations
will not be dong in making their appear
ance. The Virginia Episcopal Oonvenr,
tion was also in session last week, pre
sided over by Bishop Johns who earn
estly recommended a direct returntp the,
Chfirch in the ,United States, without
reference to th e action of any other South
ern diocese: The recommendation did
not prevail, but was responded to by. the
following resolutions, almost unanimously
fidooted;—, , i.-;
1 ‘ That the Ohristian andconciliatory course
of our respected diocesan, in his correspon
dence.;, with the presiding Bishop and other
members of the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the Edited States, touching a reunion with
the'general Convention of said Church, meets
our cordial approbation. ‘ ; * ' 1
“ That this Council appreciates and affec
tionately responds to every sentiment of fra
ternal regard which has been manifested -in
the correspondence referred to.
1 ‘ That this Council is of opinion that the
objeetegwhioh'-all the parties interested may
be presumed most to desire will best be>'ac
complished by referring the subject to the
nex'fgeherhrcbuncil.”
The'addptioh of the above was followed
byjhe, election of clerical and' lay dele-'
gates tff this Council’ which meets at
Mobile, in Hoyember. .
Sad,'.'sb' far as True. —An eastern
correspondent thus' writes to the Nation
al Baptist, of things -within the scope of
lus ; observation:—“ One hears nowra
dajra Bort ofmaiket value applied to
and it is very humiliating,
talk, very glibly of calling: a
thousand dollar manor a fifteen hundred
d‘oiraS f 'mah“ as the case may be, as if the
preachers of the Gospel were ticketed
and ready to be- bought at the prices
affixed. : Poor societies are sometimes
found'in sudden competition for a prime
pulpit article at a'Cdnhiderably high
figure.' ;We do not despair of yet seeing
ministers quoted in the weekly- price
current according to some marketistan
dard, with beeves, calves and sheep.
But alas, white piety used to add a trifle
to the value of a negro on the block,tit
it is a small account in the purchase of a
pastor. Smart is the market word.”
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1865.
The Philadelphia Third Presby
tery meets at Pottsville Tuesday, Octo
ber 3d. The passenger trains of the
Reading Railroad leave Broad and Cal
lowhill Streetß at 8 A. M., and 3.30 P.
M., reaching Pottsville at 12.25 and 7.45
P. M. Clergymen residing at Philadel
phia, and bn the line of the road, can
obtain at the Reading Railroad office,
Fourth Street below Walnut, (No. 221
S.:4th St.,) a;card which will Entitle
them to half-fare tickets of the road.
There has been no meeting of Presbytery
in the First Church of ‘ Pottsville for
about twenty years. The members of
the Presbytery have had almost ho'op
portunity-of knowing, from actual obser
vation, that such a church existed, and:
to the church itself the Presbytery has,
long had' a very mythical existence.
Any feeling of neglect which has risen
in the people’s minds will be most
speedily and effectually allayed by a fall
attendance of-the members .of presby
tery.; ‘
Mr. Lincoln on Negro Suffrage.—
Another-letter from this more than over
to be lamented Statesman, has just ap
peared in a Southern paper, endorsing
the right of the freedmen to the ballot
which right, he says, they have demon
strated in blood,-in assisting to save the
life of the republic on the battle-field and
“ Which is but the humane protection of
its flag they have so fearlessly de
fended:” ' ' ,/ K -
High and Low Church—Further
Developments. —Rev. S. H. Tyng, Jr.,
having invited Rev. Dr. Storrs, (Congre
! gationalist) of to occupy his
pulpit, the invitation was accepted, and
Dr. Storrs preached for Mr. Tyng on last
Sabbath week. Dr. Tyng, the father of
the rector, the- rector' himhelf, and Rev!
H. W. Beecher were among the audience.
The Church Journal, understood to he
the mouthpiece of the! Bishop of NSW
York, in its subsequent issue, declared
that this act could no more be overlooked
than the firing on Fort Sumpter, ,or words
to that effect.
;i A Correction,— The Christian In
structor says':—-“'Cur worthy cotempo
rary of the American Presbyterian
says the’United Presbyterians are about
to build a ifaSan Fran
cisco, California. Under the labors
about to ;be icdmmehchdlhjryouf excellent 7
missionary brother who will shortly leave
for that field, we fondly hope such a work
will ere long be attempted, but we regret
to say the statement is entirely incor-.
rect at present, It should be the Cen
tral, instead. of the -United Presbyterian.”,
The “ excellent'missionary brother’’ here 1
mentioned, ib Rev. Dr. J. T. Cooper, of
-this, city, a brother to whose loss phila-,
delphia Would reconcile itself by the con-,
gideratibh-of the high Importance'Of the
work Which calls him away from us.
; A Shabp-sighted Distinction.—The
Franklin Presbytery, at ,its late meeting,
in reply to the* oyerture“ls*it' rigt#
and proper for a minister of the Gospel,
or for members of our churches; to
gage in' games of chance; such as back
gammon,, cards; or even: chess?” says:
—“ In reference to the; minister of the
Gospel, unqualifiedly, No. In reference
to members, of one churches, that tbough
it may be difficult to distinc
tion between urhat, Is .in a min
ister, and what is sinful" in a private
member of c.burch; ;-and . though,awe
would be slow to pronounce occasional
indulgence in such' games' by way of
amusement.,a crime; yet, it is the, duty
Of all our members to remember the in
junction of the '■ a-postl avoid even
> the affipgaranep. of a .evil. ’,_ Decidedly
" .difficult,,”, we ..should say,' .to 'draw’ a
' distinction between what, is sinful- in a
■ . ♦ i .. j v jl. _: ;; - $ ,p.‘
minister,! and what is sinful in: a private
member of the church. . . ‘ a
; Fbnianism coming to-a ;Head.—The
UnivSnse of this city, last week -rallied
the' Irish Catholics fortheirfillibustering
enterprise as follows :—“ Rebellion in
Ireland: -By the -, Inman steamer; City?
of Boston, which arrived at New York
on Sunday, we learn that hot work has
virtually commenced in Ireland. The
Lord Lieutenant, has .proclaimed Lime
rick, Cork, Tipperary and Kerry; .Mid
Clare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklpay,
Kildare and Waterford, are. ablaze J with J
revolution,- -Who will cry out against
Irish rebellion now ? Are there any in
bur midst who will not do all in their
power todoring this rebellion to a gloriouß
end ? TKelrish in America—the exiled,
expatriated -English hunted Irish in
America, what,.wdl they do now? Be
fore a week;’-the m'bst ; stirring events
wilhhaye .transpired: May
Of God go’ full with
countrymen into this hattle! ” 51
Nothing Njrw.-g—An English paper,
referring the religious liberalism of
.the day as a mere rehashing of, old
forms of skepticism, says :—“
seen strange things in our day, but there
is hot an oddity or an extravagance, of
modem free thought that* nfay not be
capped "by another as odd in the ages
that were. Yixere hosreiici ante Golen
sonem. There have/ been bishops as
broad, from Paul of Samosata to Riindell
of Cork. There have been missionaries
who have fouled their' own v nest, from
the Abbe Dubois, 'of : Indian memory;;,
down to Francis William Newman,
'whose phases of faith began on a journey
to Babylon and have ended in Bahel.
The Bishop of Natal is only thus a
prodigy to those, who are unredd in
history, and unwise - enough to sy that
the thingß which now happen never hapi-'
pened before.” f
GOOD MEM TIEEN.
By the telegraph from Boston we have the
brief statements that the Rev. Edward M.
Dodd and the Rev. Homer B. Morgan have
fallen at their posts of labor, the former by
Choleraand thelatterby typhusfever. Thus
have two of our devoted missionaries in Asi
atic Turkey been taken from us and from the
work that so sorely needs them. With pain
we chronicle the event, and yet with trust in
the God of Missions who doeth all things
well.
Two good men, true men, earnest ,and de
vout, have gone from their earthly conflict to
the triumphant Host above. Where are the
young men who will fill their, pi ices?.
Mr. Dodd wasfrom Bloomfie d, N. J., and
a member of the Presbytery, of Newark. Mr.
Morgan was from Watertown, N. Y., and a
member of Watertown'Presbytery. The for
mer was educated at Princeton College and
Union Theological Seminary ; the latter at
Hamilton College and Union und Auburn
Seminaries. In Union Seminaiy they were
fellow students, as afterwards \ they were 5
fellow laborers, and now are partners in
death. , 1
It was my privilege there to be very inti-.,
mately associated: with Mr. Dodd, class
mate anddearfriend.. Mr. Morgan was in a
lower ela'BB. -.:Mf. Dodd ; Was distinguished for
his earnest and cheerful piety and for zeal-in
the very marked religious and missionary re-',
vival, which pervaded the Seminary for two}
or three years, and' Sent a devoted company
of men to our missions in China, Indict, T/t
-sia,Turkey,' Africa, and the Sandwich Islands,,
and, algo qualified for. more earnest labors for
the Master many who remained in Amesioa.'
Warm, impulsive, pure minded, frill of fthe
assurance of, faith, yet with humble yiewf of
his own attainments, Mr. Dodd was onq of
the most useful men in the Seminary. With
gpodibut-apt striking talents,; his.-sinceijiyV
faiths and zeal-gave him- influence for ■glod) s
no fluctuation in his piety; hewas
always an 6arhe'st; single-eyed i f ollOwen of
Christ.' He was entirely free from l gleim;
and why should he'be gloomy
of life here for Christ and hereafter'fith
Christ? _ : . j
;During the loiig summer vacation 'of''lB46.
it'was: my privilege; to be his companion in
a mission as ..colporteurs of the American
Tract Society in. Wayne county, Pennsylvania-,,
Here, as we toiled up and down the:/jigged
hills,' visiting and praying with the sqs|tered
andioftemignorant-people of,this regippy, and
distributing good .books, I had an opportul
nity -to 'see his earnestness and godliness. Hi.
was always ready for his work:' His name "ip
still remembered there' with affectionand re
spect. The next' vacation, in 1847, we were
again colaborers inChatauque and Catarau
gus counties, New York, seeking to awakejh
an interest in Foreign Missions, and here las
zeal was as apparent as, in his colportage: 7
In January, 1849, he sailed with his wife
for Smyrna, and thence went; with Mr. May-,
nard to open a ' mission among the Jews .of
Salonica, the ancient Thessalonica where
Papl.preaclied and was persecuted. But in
September, Mr; Maynard died: Mr. Parsons,
another classmate, sent to the same mission,
wais’ attacked with severe illness and' so was'
Mr. Dddd. Mr. Morgan, who joined the
•inissiSii'm February;" 1852; lost by
)typhus fever the same year.
! Ifc was evident that the climate was'most
f'the f Were
transferred to Smyrna. ' Mr. Parsons subse
quently was''sent to Broosa, where his labors’
-among the Armenians have been greatly
tjlessed. Mr. Morgan, who, had married Mrs.
Sutphen, of the Armenian Mission, in Janu
ary;, 1856 commenced a mission at <4ntioch;f
‘f where the. disciples were fint.called. Chris- •
tians, ’ ’ -and ! there faithfully labored until- his,
deatji. Mr. Dcdd’s health was so much broken
as, tp": compel, a sojourn' in America', but in;
September 1855, he was again in Smyrna at
his ipyed vr.ork, and latterly was, 1 transferred'’
to Marsovan, in Asia Minor, the seat of a
training school for native evangelists and
pastors. There, as we suppose, he has been
cnadown-byathe disease.that,has ravaged the
shores of the Eastern Mediterranean, i
■ Thus the good men die! . When jn a brave
army a,.standard-.hearer .falls,,.his comrades
rush forward/to, catch, and-bear aloft the.
colors. How is it with the Lord’s army?
Where are our youDg men ? Are they cow
ards and sluggards; or will they fill the places,
of the dead? 1 ' * / ,J. 9
INGRAM; COBBIN'S ILLUSTRATED BO
1 ’ ''MMmßlßLE^*'
; We are glad to have an opportunity to
speak of the merits’ ol this work arid to
contribute oiir : part in - introducing/ fed
.valuable a help in the maintenance of
hn intelligent, Scriptural, family piety
fas this Edition ’-of the CBible affords. ,
The editor is well known in England,
jand in the East of-,our own country, for
Jhis efforts, in . this brapch of Christian
ieffort, having sent.forth five other Com
;mentaries of different' sorts, frvyp . being
for the young. The plan of the present
.work is to .combine {Mid; condense the
whole. IteiritiracesNotes, Reflections,
ilmproved readings thrown into the text,
‘with thetold,
.'Metrical Form of Poetical Books and
.Passages j/iloo Pictorial TllustritiOns,
;not drawn from } the imagination, ...but
I copied from ancient remains and aptual
objebts, Indications of the chronologi
cal order of the subjects, New Headings
to the Chapters, and Questions to assist
in family reading. Heavy brackets are
■also used 'to indicate ’passages which
I may be omitted in family reading. ..-The
usual marginal references afe given,'with
several finely engraved maps. In the
American, edition by Case, Lockwood &
Co., there are sixteen jparfoiiis, for family
photographs. -SH" f'/'H
!J: The* Commentary is brief, andyet'suf
ficiently full, to show the prevailing opin
ions upon all difficult passages. ~
The .whole is in fair type and in a re
markably moderate compass, forming
quite an achievement in typography,,
Agenta are about visiting the families in
this part of the country tb dißpose'.bf'the
work. -
PRESBYTERIANISM IN ENGLAND,
Presbyterianism is still making progress
in England. We seldom open a number
of the- Weekly Review without finding
pleasing evidence of zeal, activity and
growth in one or cither of the two branches
now chiefly engaged in the work-of Pres
byterian Church Extension in that country,
the“ U: P.’s” and the “E. P.’s,” as they
are called. On the 18th of August, a pas
tor was ordained and installed, by the
English Presbytery of Newcastle, over the
new church in Darlington, Durham, about
'35 miles south of Newcastle. The enter-;
";pnse is less than two years old.' Between
four and 'fiveihuhflred persons sat down ;to
the. social tea-drinking in the evening,
•when a gown was .presented to the pastor
Mr. Johnmai, who delivered an appropriate
'address, folio ved by Rev. Dr. Oumming, of
’Edinburg, Ruv. Dr. Anderson of Morpeth,
iand others. j Rev. Prof. Smeaton, of the
• Free Church College, Edinburg, preached
far Mr. Johnman the next Sabbath.
We note (also in a previous paper; that
•Rev. James Fettes of the Free Presbyter
ry of Selkirk, .has accepted a call to the
English Presbyterian Church, of Douglas,
‘lsle of Man.
As to the difficulties in the way of Pres
byterianism ‘ in London, the following sen
tences from a trenchant leader in the.
Weekly Review of Sept. 2d will give some
light:
We stumbled one day into another taber
nacle thim the one'we usually frequent; the au
ditors wete sparse enough ; but we were pleased
with the appearance of the man, .and settled
ourselves down to be happy.. Lo! .when the,
sermon began we had speedily to resign, the
comfortable state to which we had given our
selves. up,. we had to sit up and collect all!
our energies to listen and to comprehend—
and a task it was.' It would hive been - as
easy to haye'read a chapter of Butler. Under
a strong senseuf duty only did we attempt to
,listen,'And,. after all was done, we; are ; nqt
sure, that we carried away the chain of elabo
rate reasoning which the preacher gave uk to
refresh our souls with.. Now here was intel
lect mthout sense. What an idea must the
main have had of a London audience ! H'ow
could he live in London and so grossly , mis
calculate hishearers! Not that neceessarily
there is an absence of brainin the .man of
business—far from.it; but haying, tasked' his
powers, to fihe utjnpst the week, through, is it
cpmmqn sense!i» expect that his jadeduacnl
tiei are equal to the effort of which
professional student is capable? OiScourse'
.the preaoher was ;a Scotchman. Only a
Scotchman would have been so absurd.
. Whether, therefore, much intelleet be the
quality requiredjor not, we must have in the
first place spmeping,that will be easy to lis
teirto, and,’ ih';the second place, something
that will take hold.' We must have sermons
like the wheelsof the agricultural locomotive,
which being ,intended for travelling on, the
smooth turnpike, have spurs to make them
bite,, , Bat. for this the wheels would revolve
without advancing in inch; but being bup
•plied lyith spikes they catch the surface of
the road, an a ! Cain' even climb the hill. And
so odr Sermons must be easy to follow, a'nd
there must be something to stick. Your
abstract reasoning might as well be spoken
in the clouds. Give us plenty of illustra-r
tions; we. don’t object to nard hitting, and
even a inpdest joke won’t offend us. ■ But
away ;:With' your high add dry, elaborate,
philosophical,' or t theological dissertations:’
J T ive your bombast' and ohoice phraseology
home far the 'religious periodical;’ if you
i find any -that will ‘ 1 take it in, ” Give us
nmon sense,,and you; wilL show that you
fe the intellect which i will be ,admired and
prepiated yyhpreyer ,y,ou7go,* especially in
s. intensely practical and busy metropolis.;
Pou make" your .'Presbyterian,congregations
itch, congregations, and in this'Way"you'
3e up a wall Pf' separation, between you
1 those aboutiyou. . It is vain to tell us
it-Presbyterianism is by no means, anpther
ne, far jCaledoqianism., .That sort of talk;
very fiiie," s but pedßlelyon’t’bplieve you.
The jCpnsequence'is, that’you make' ydur hdh
fe%dtions ulMAcbngregatipns; ‘'and’, as ever
class congregations,those' for
<whOm they, are intended refuse to make • a
class' of .'themselyespoadd lothers,: of, course
.don’t think: that they haye anything fa,,do
ter of fact. , Tw,o questions will set the niat
atrSst, and we will abide by the answer:
SeofehihSAdre ‘there- 5 in .Lohcldii; 1 and'
how'mahy are'cohnected' with the Presbyte-.
nan Ohurches? 'Again, :'how '-many" other,
itiihmScotehmen are toihe foundoinfthe Pres
' Dytenan churches.?;; Seekan answer fa these
Jqu^tiims^anjijif.you.'are,.capable of unprejUH,
cpnplusibn will alfa.hc
yours. i'i'”'
f Hire is ydur'nfis'frSie' theh, O ye’Rdglish'
Presbyterian's- you ’ gb' a seeking' after 1113'
S6otoh,aud%ere isyourreward. Thenewly
lmportedcome for'a while and gradually drop.
off, .while those, .who: continue -make, a.compli
faent of .their presence, and make themselves
faarpe. on the first,,decent excuse. Now So,
and .So’s wife happens to he, ( an Englishwo-'
man, and.she does' not like these stiff ways.
He hiniself. gradually becoming cooler and
cooler, at last disappears .altogether. This
other gentleman’S children have Deen brought
up at a Church’.’• school; have learned to
love the organ and the prayer-book :, they,
won! t come; with ..the. father, , and by-and-by
the fathef.drdps off also. A third man has
grown considerably wiser since he left tho
hills j he does not like the ideas and customs
of youth, and he finds a more congenial •
home in the neighboring.cliapelj.' Yet another;
finds that he will; be a-.-person of importance
in the Baptist congregation, so he frequents
their prayer .meetings, and after being duly
baptized;. Becomes the lord-deacon, of .the' eon
oefn-' t: Another suspects his custoih might he
considerably increased by connection- with
this “interest” and your fine talk about the
beauty andgloiy! ofPresbyterianism,finds in
fam a cynical listener. , : hi‘ ; i'
«? <•' fC
: The Editor gives some hqmely and whole
some advice, pointing it with faetsj as follows:=
We know a district -where a mbst able and
estimable, Presbyterian clergyman jaßored:
-Somehow 1 his success' 'wis - only inodestr
There were inany Scotchmen in the neigh
bourhood, but if you inquired after them,
they'were ,m the posts of,,honor ,in the Dis
senting Chapels round about. ' However, a
new minister came to ithe Presbyterian
Church; We venture mot to give such a
description of him as would identify him.
It will bo sufficient to say that he could
preach in a manner which attracted English,
hearers, and he did'attract them, the church,
began to fill, things looked prosperous, and
lo ! the Scotchmen began to drop in, and we
presume, by this time there is not a Scotch
man in a Baptist or Independent Chapel in
the neighborhood. ?
Here then is your one. So far from courting
the Scotchmen, -makeitheir ears tingle. Lay
yourself out not for them, but but for such
material as is to he found round about you.
Every family of this character you gain, wiU
be a gain; and when you have surmounted
the national difficulty, all, other difficulties
will vanish. It is just possible that this cap
may fit elsewhere than in London if so, by
all means let it be put on.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDING EDITOR.
GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK.
This-body convened in annual session
in the Congregational Church of Oswego,
on Tuesday, 14th instant. Rev. Dr.
Badger, of New York, was elected Mod*
: erator, and Rev. W. Gladden anil Rev!
E. D. Chapman, Scribes. The Associ
ations! sermon was preached in the eve
ning by Rev. J. M. Holmes, of Jersey
City. It was l a spiritual and profitable
discourse, but lacked something of the
fire and interest which; from some of his
platform efforts, we had expected from
the speaker. He is a good and able
man, and has been a sticcessful pastor—
we do not wonder his people love him—
but he shines most where he can freely
use his marked powers of wit and sar
casm.
; One of the most interesting questions
before the Association was the subject of
temperance; introduced in the form of a
report of a committee appointed last
yearj of which Secretary Marsh, of New
York, was, chairman. Dr. Marsh, of
course,. brought in a report in accordance
with his own views, pledging the Asso
ciation to the ordinary doctrine of legal
prohibition; to which Rev. Leonard W.
Bacon, of Brooklyn, tpok exceptions, and
moved an amendment, in - accordance
With the Baconian doctrines recently
ipropounded in the Independent, claiming
that the friends of temperance are not
agreed as the doctrines of prohibition.
Thh . amendment ! ;6f the preamble, in
'which these matters werC ! involved, pre
vailed, and the report was somewhat
modified, so as not. to commit 'the associ
tion to prohibition. Some hold with,Dr.
,Marsh, and some with Dr. Bacon in the
present discussion. •
, Early in the meeting Rev.; ,L. W. Ba
con- also called the attention'of the As
sociation to a manuscript: Hymn and
Tune Book, just ready for the press, in
tended to be the Best one yet presented
to the dhurcheS." The Association ap
pointed .a committee to examine' and re
port upon its merits.
! .The Association* had up,the subject of ,
ministerial .education, and with a view to
jtakecare of their own, and .to encourage
young men to enter the ministry, they
organized; an Education Society for the
State, auxiliary to the American Educa
tion Society, at Boston. Deacon Samuel
Holmes, of New York, was made .Presi
dent ; A. S. Hatch, of New York, Trea
surer; Rev. Dr. Holbrook, of Homer,
Secretary ; with Yice-Presidehts, and a
Board of Directors embracing one, from
each District Assoeiation-; ' : .
The State Asso ci ation represen ts about
two hundred churches, inclading a few:
ini * New ' Jersey; About one 1 hundred
delegates were in attendance. - The
meeting: was a spirited and interesting
one, great'harmony prevailing
out. Wednesday afternoon was devoted
to the. administration of the Lord’s Sup-
by Rev. Thomas - Wicks,
D. of Maritta,, Ohio. In the evening
a very interesting meeting;.for addresses
upon * various causes of.beneyolence, was :
held. Rev. L. St Hobartarid.Dr. Bad-;,
ger spbke for Home Missions; Rev. M.
E. Strieby, of New York, made’ a - truly
eloquent address for the frCedm'en; Rev.
'C.P. Bush was heard for Foreign Mi&- !
sionsj and Rev. C. A.Frissell in behfilf
of.jthe American Tract Society,’off
ton. f "... - “ : ' f'
Next year the Association is to meet,
in, Dr.;Storre j; .of Brftoi-s
lynj to he the; preacher;*. andißey. T. H.-
Ronse, of Jamestown, alternate.! ,
The Association adjourned On Thurs
day aftbriiboh" fJ after adopting spirited
resolutions on the country,, favoring'pni
versal suffrage.; ; and; another set, _endorS7
ing very earnestly the Action of Ah&
tori Council, and ; pledging. thp Assqcia
tion to do all-in its /.power. to carry,.out
themieasureAthere adopted. .Thervote
on this snhject was takeh'standing, and
was intended' to be as earnest': and im-1
pressive as possible. i , |
THE AMENDE. } i, >.
' s • ' r. ' xJ ’■ •' -
It w.as a great, ,an almost unpardon
able, inadvertence in ns, last week, that
we did not even mention the name of
the pastor pt Lima, through whose very
courteous and efficient care the Synod
were so well provided for:" R'ev. A. L.
Benton, ! is a most ‘Worthy successor of
Rev. Dr. Barnard, whom he resembles
in "many ot his' finest qualities of head
and .-heart. All the Synod ,'felt ' un'der
great obligations; to him for,the excel
lent arrangements. by .which the mem
bers were so w.ell entertained, y
ITHACA.
This is a most delightful place, ; in
which tp; spend a pleasant day, especially
if J ~one , ! can go into ,the ;; sanctuary, and
meet the good people in. their' religious;
home. ■ . .... ...
■ Since we w.erp last, here, ..some two
years ago, our friends of the Presbyte
rian Church, have built themselves a
gem of a Chapel, for Sabbath-school and
Lecture-room. It is medium size, per
haps sixty feet long by forty wide, and
complete in its arrangements. It has a
handsome arched recess at one end, with
am amplq platform for the Superinten
dent, -Secretary, and Librarian, and
:room also for the Library. At the other
each side of theentrance, there
a Bible class-room, perhaps. fifteen; feet
square, separated from the main building
hiding 'doors-; over these rooms and
the entrance,' like- a - singer’s glillery; is
another room, or rooms for the infant
classes, with sliding glass doors in front
of them; so that all, above and below,
can be thrown into one audience cham
ber during the general exercises. The
seats are partly circular, neatly cush
ioned, and furnished with small chairs
for the teachers; and so everything is
as neat and convenient as can well be
imagined. All was done at a cost of
about seven * thousand dollars We
commend it as a model to those about
to build for such purposes.
The venerable WiUiuTnWisner,
now eighty-tour years of age, was at
church ’as usual on the Sabbath, and.
aided most acceptably in the : services of
the sanctuary. His health seems per
fect, arid bis mind as clear as ever. He
is quietly passing the evening of life
among the people of his earlier ininistry,
greatly respected and blessed by'all.
THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
On Tuesday, the sth instant, the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and
others clothed with proper anthdnty,
were in Ithaca, to determine the site of
this new institution of learning. The
spot selected is only about half a mile
from the very centre of the village, on a
beautiful .rise of ground, from which the
view of the surronnding country is very
fine. Her®, as a part of his five hun
dred thousand dollars donation, Mr. Cor
nell gives two or three hundred acres of
land for the University grounds.
It will be remembered that only some
three yfears since this same giving gen
tleman proposed to found a Free Library
for the village of Ithaca. The building 1
for the purpose is now completed, a
beautiful edifice, an ornament to the
town. It is about one hundred and fifty >
feet by seventy, built of brick, three
stories high ;, the first story being de
voted to offices, from the rent of which..,.,
the Library is* to be constantly replen
ished. The building and the books un
it, we understand, cost Mr. Cornell about
one hundred thousand dollars. Thiß is
his free gift to the town. To its treas
ures of knowledge alt who will'may have,
access. *"
. And now, we understand, Mir. Cor
nell is exceedingly anxious to give away
some more money. Six hundred and
twenty-five thousand given: away in the
last tbrfeelyears don’t satisfy him. He
is moving to get the new asylum for the
blind,-for “which provision, was made by
the last Legislature, located at Ithaca.
To this end it is necessary: to'raise
twenty thousand dollars in the place.
He heads the subscription paper with
five thonsand dollars as his share toward
this object. That is having money to
some purpose. Such munificence is the
true riches. Hoarding end grasping is
poverty. We wish every village bad a
Cornell. ' * !
PERSONAL.
Bfiv. Dr. Curtis, of Elmira, has re
turned, from his trip to Europe, and re
sumed his pastoral labors. His commo-v
dious and elegant new church was
.dedicated, with appropriate services,"
last Sabbath evening, the pastor preach
ing the dedication sermon. The sale .of
pews in this church took place last Mon
day. There was great competition for
the chbice of seats, and alLthe slips were
.sold at large prices, the highest being
;bid,off at $l3OO, by Daniel Pratt, Esq. .
. Rev. Sanford Richdrdson, for eleven
I years'missionary of the American Board
in Turkey, has just returned, with his
.family, to this country. He preached
last Sabbath inutiie Presbyterian Church
of Corning.. He was on his way to
>Peoria, uHlinoiSj his former home. He
has been . an. energetic and successful
‘missionary, and expects to. return in
about a year to his field of labor, to oc
cupy the import City of Yan.
‘ j Rev. J. G. Cocb,ran; another Mission
ary ,iif the' A. B. C.’PrM., is also at home
on;a"yisit to hiq native land, and is re
siding at, present, with his family, at
Springville,, Erie county, N. Y. He has.
spent many.years,,’an jpble and success-,
! ful missionary among the Nestorians t of
1 Persia. He returns for thetimeaa quest
.of hfeaith for himself And family, ex-;
peeting in due season, if God will, to re
turn to that distant-and suffering people.
George Teefile,' atf esteemed and 1 valu
able elder of the Presbyterian Church' in
Campbelltown, Steuben county, was per
mitted, with his excellent wife, to cele- '
bfate his golden wedding on the sth
instant. The friends and ..neighbors
gathered in goodly numbers to rejoice"
With the aged couple ; and, before lead
ing, presented the “ bride”_with a check
for nearly a'thousand dollars, with which'a
to' purchase a home for herself and
band near the church which' they ■so
much love. Rev. Fordice Harrington,
the esteemed pastor, expressed the gra- 1 '
titude of the aged couple.; and; Hon.
John McGee, of W atkins, hearing of the
happy event, upohhissick bed at home,,
directed his, clerk to: draw a check for
five hundred dollars,-as an expression of.
his interest in the golden occasion. 1
Rochester, September 23y 1866;
I. Sabbath-School An-
NryEnsAßY.'—The fiftieth anniversary of
the Sabbath-schoOl in the Second Pres
byterian Church, Newark, New Jersey,
(Rev. Dr. J. Pew Smith’s) was cele
brated on the 1 Tth instant. Within the
last fourteen years, the period of Dr.
Smith's pastorate, no less that one hun
dred and twenty-five’ Scholars have been
admitted to the’ communion. Of the
present number of scholars, sixty are
members of the church. It gave last
year $3OO, and has pledged the same
this year fpr the aid of Sabbath-school
missions, Ithas had but four Superintend
ents, andsnot one of the original founders
and officers now survives. ' *
C. P. B.